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Atlanta Rhythm Section Day in Doraville

  Lead guitarist Barry Bailey returned to his musical roots recently to accept a key to the city of Doraville and receive a proclamation from mayor Ray Jenkins. Bailey, a founding member of the rock group Atlanta Rhythm Section, was a studio musicia...

Two children killed in apartment fire

  A mother and her boyfriend face charges after a Nov. 10 apartment fire claimed the lives of two of her children and badly burned a third. Angel Johnson, 29, and her boyfriend Keith Pinkney, 24, both were charged with three counts of felony cruelty...

Person of interest sought in Abbott case

    A person seen walking through the front yard of the home of an elderly couple the morning before they were killed has been identified as a “person of interest” in their deaths, according to the Dunwoody Police Department. The bodies of Roge...

Mohammed Elementary celebrates 30 years

  The age and authenticity of the Clara Mohammed Elementary School instantly shows on the building’s retro triangular façade. Other details about the school show its longevity, too. Things such as the circa 1980s cafeteria booths and tightly pack...

Parents school search firm reps on superintendent qualities

  Some DeKalb County parents want the next superintendent of schools to have qualities similar to those of Eastside High Principal Joe Louis Clark, whose true story was told in the 1989 film Lean on Me starring Morgan Freeman as Clark. “We need so...

Progress made in 2010, commissioner says

This year will go down as the year DeKalb County had to weather an “unperfect storm,” said Larry Johnson, presiding officer of the county’s Board of Commissioners. The decrease in property values, increased pension payments and the poor nationa...

County plans redevelopment of North Druid Hills

Once a rural byway, North Druid Hills Road has developed into a major thoroughfare to the upscale commercial district of the Buckhead, Lenox and Lindbergh communities. Now the DeKalb County government wants a unified plan for future development along...

Pension contributions to increase for county employees

DeKalb County employees are going to have to dig a little deeper to save for their retirements. After a vote by the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday employee contributions into their pension plans will increase from 4.5 percent of their income to 8...

County agrees to a $453,000 penalty for sewage spills

The day before a final vote on a major rate hike to improve its water and sewer system, DeKalb County agreed to pay a $453,000 penalty from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for excessive sewage spills. The proposed consent agreement betwee...

DeKalb CEO proposes property tax increase for 2011

  County property taxes may go up 2.32 mills, or $264 a year for an average $190,000 house, in 2011 if a proposal by DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis is accepted by the board of commissioners. Ellis said the proposed $563 million budget is lean and r...